Google Assistant is a powerful tool, but it doesn’t work the same way the Pixel that it does on Google Home, and both are different from the Android phone you already have. We’ve put together a chart to help clear up what each devices can do.

Some of the differences at least make a little sense. For example, Google Home can’t give you directions because it stays inside your house. It also can’t create reminders or calendar events, but presumably that’s because you don’t want to give the whole house the ability to edit your schedule. Then again, why would you give the whole house the ability to read your schedule if that’s the case? Other feature gaps stem from technical limitations. Home can’t make phone calls because it’s not a phone, for example.

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However, some of Google’s decisions make very little sense. Older phones can identify songs, but that feature was removed entirely in the Google Assistant rebrand. Google Home can control your chromecast, which makes sense for a device sitting in your living room, but it’s unclear why your phone can’t do the same. Hopefully Google will fill in these gaps over time, but that’s a lot of items on the to-do list.